Two Groups of Subordinates

"Is this the place?"

"Of course it is! We followed the paper crane. Wherever it flew, we followed. How could we have gotten lost?"

"But this place is way too remote! There are only a few of us within five hundred meters. Is this really okay? Why would Brother Qing, a cat, run off to such an isolated place... It's creepy for no reason."

"You're grown adults, yet you're not even as brave as a cat!"

"No matter how remote it is, it's still inside the academy. How remote can it be?"

Several familiar voices drifted over from outside the woods. They belonged to the hunters of the You Zui Hunting Team. The black cat sitting on the tree stump tilted his head and looked toward the voices—but in the instant he turned around, the cats of all sizes gathered around him scattered as though dogs were chasing them. In the blink of an eye, they had vanished without a trace.

The black cat turned back, flicked his ears, and blurted out the words in his heart:

"Damn it!"

Should he call them sensitive or cowardly? At the slightest disturbance, they ran faster than rabbits! No, even rabbits would not bolt at the sound of human voices. At the very least, they would stand up and take a look!

Leaving aside the black cat's curse, the noisy chatter in the woods abruptly fell silent after that "Damn it!" Then, after several seconds of quiet, the voices erupted again.

"Confirmed! This is the place!"

"I heard Brother Qing's voice!"

"Doctor, can cats really talk? That was Captain Zheng speaking just now, wasn't it?" The final voice was full of curiosity, and along with it, the black cat vaguely heard several crisp jingles.

He could not help narrowing his eyes. He knew